'I'd abolish the royal family' - Steve Coogan on what separates him from Alan PartridgeThe man behind Alan Partridge discusses politics, privacy and Irishness – and his new movie, Alpha Papa.Fri Aug 09 2013 - 00:00
Pope has no intention of doing for the church what Gorbachev did for the USSRIf you want to set an original moral compass you don’t belong within any organised religionSat Aug 03 2013 - 01:00
Girls in the Gang: Laurent Cantet on Foxfire‘Foxfire’, the story of the gradual deterioration of a feminist group in 1950s America, gave Palme d’Or-winning French director Laurent Cantet a chance to look at the era’s mythologyFri Aug 02 2013 - 00:00
Will JK’s Cuckoo call at the box office?Donald Clarke isn’t sure if the pseudonymous crime writer can duplicate the cinematic success of the fantasy novelistFri Aug 02 2013 - 00:00
Regulating pornography is no simple matterSoftware is bound to throw up absurd anomaliesSat Jul 27 2013 - 01:00
Life is ShorttPat Shortt discusses his new role in a recession comedy and life as a national treasureFri Jul 19 2013 - 00:00
Galway Film Fleadh: keeping the flag flying for Irish cinemaThe festival, in its 25th year, continued to showcase new home-grown features, from mainstream-friendly recession comedy ‘Life’s a Breeze’ to the off-centre ‘Out of Here’Tue Jul 16 2013 - 01:00
If we’re in the same community, how come I don’t know who you are?Word first used to soften tribalism has now become almost meaninglessSat Jul 13 2013 - 01:00
When burning your John Wayne DVDs is not an optionBoycotting Ender’s Game is a ludicrous notion - we've been here before writes Donald ClarkeFri Jul 12 2013 - 00:00
Review: Pacific RimGuillermo del Toro's flamboyant fanboy salute to Japanese Godzilla movies is exhilarating for a while, but the non-stop bombast finally exhaustsFri Jul 12 2013 - 00:00
Will Pixar still make the grade at Monsters University?Pixar’s monster hits, such as Monsters Inc, Toy Story and Up, have set the bar high for the company. So with disappointing films of late, is the once-great Pixar slipping?Fri Jul 12 2013 - 00:00
Galway Film Fleadh: reeling in a quarter centuryMiriam Allen reflects on 25 years of the Fleadh and we check out this year’s programmeMon Jul 08 2013 - 01:00
It’s not yet clear when it’s a bad call to use your phoneThe decorum of portable communication is still in its infancySat Jul 06 2013 - 13:00
Sofie Coppola on fame, infamy and robbing the rich in The Bling RingSofia Coppola dicusses her take on a notorious tale of celebrity obsession in The Bling RingFri Jul 05 2013 - 00:00
No more pagans or goat-slaughtering, the rock festival has become oh so sedateGlastonbury now carries about as much menace as the Henley RegattaSun Jun 30 2013 - 06:00
Apocalypse box-office kapow!The surprise success of World War Z offers Hollywood lessonsFri Jun 28 2013 - 00:00
Zal Batmanglij goes anarchist with his eco-thriller The EastFilm-maker Zal Batmangli and writer/actor Brit Marling lived 'off the grid' to make their eco-rebel thriller, The East. Batmangli, whose brother Rostam plays keyboards in Vampire Weekend, talks to Donald ClarkeFri Jun 28 2013 - 00:00
Hoodie horror that hits homeRather than kitchen-sink dramas, Ciaran Foy’s student shorts marked his work out as different, and his debut horror feature is rooted in personal traumaSat Jun 22 2013 - 01:00
The don is dead, long live the donHad James Gandolfini lived longer, Tony Soprano would have been just one of his many other memorable character roles – as it is, the don of them all is enoughThu Jun 20 2013 - 17:16
Who ever decided that James Joyce was ‘fun’?Difficulty in literature has its own joys and pleasuresSun Jun 16 2013 - 00:01
Lily Collins: The genesis of a movie starShe’ll never fully escape the ‘daughter of Phil’ tag, but actor Lily Collins has always been determined to achieve success on her own termsFri Jun 14 2013 - 00:00
